Fastener for metallic bedsteads.



Patented Feb. ll, I902.

No. 693 326. I

W. A LIPPHARD. FASTENE B F08 METALLIC BEDST EALDS.

(Application filed Nov. 30, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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ONE-HALF TO HARRY L. DOUGI'IERTY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYL vANIA.

FASTENER FOR METALLIC BEDSTEADS.

' :ZPEGIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 693,326, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed November 30, 1901. Serial No; 84,225. No modeL'J T0 ttZZ whom it may concern/f a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Fasteners for'Metallic Bedsteads, of which the following is a specification. V

The object of my invention is to' so construct a fastening for securing together the posts and rails of metallic bedsteads that the two parts of the fastening can be readily fitted together or as readily detached'from each other andwhen fitted together will be rigidly retained against movement in any direction independent of each other. This object I attain in the manner hereinafter set'forth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of a metallic-bedstead fastening constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the same, partly in elevation and partly in transverse section, on the line a a, Fig. 1; and gig. 3 is a sectional plan view on the line b b,

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1 represents part of the upright metallic post of a bedstead, and 2 and 3 the two parts of a clamp, which is firmly secured to said upright post by means of a transverse bolt ES passing through the post and through two parts of the clamp and having a head 4 bearing upon the portion 3 of the clamp and a nut 5 bearing upon the portion 2 of the same, the bolt being prevented from turning by engagement of the head 4 of the same with a web 6, which projects from the portion 3 of the clamp, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. This web 6 has at the top a projecting horizontal flange 7, having an opening through it, and the lower portion of the web is cut away, so as to form a hook 9, the outside of the web having a projecting vertical rib 1O coincident with a rib 11 at the clamp end of the flange 7, while at the bottom the web is thickened, so as to form a rib 12, as shown in Fig. 2.

The side rail 13 of the bed-frame has secured to it a bracketl i with projecting flange 15 and projecting headed pin 16, and from said flange 15 projects downwardly a pin 17, preferably tapered at the lower end, as shown in Fig. 2. In fitting the side rail to the clamp structure of thepost, therefore, the bracket 14: is moved laterally into engagement with the web 6, while said bracket is elevated sufficiently to carry the pin 17 over the flange 7 of the web 6, theouter end of the bracket abuttingagainst the shoulder formed by the rib 10 of said web 6. into proper alinement with the opening in the flange 7 and the headed pin 16 into linewith the hooked portion 9 of the web 6, so that upon lowering the bracket the pin 17 will enter the opening in the flange 7 and the headed pin 16 will engage with the hooked portion of the web, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. At the same time the flange 15 of the bracket will'find a bearing against the rib 11 of the flange 7, and the lower edge of the bracket will be seated upon the shoulder formed by the projecting rib 12 at the bottom of the web 6. Hence the bracket will be rigidly locked to said web 6, and movement of This brings the pin 17 either of said parts independent of the other will be effectually prevented. The fastening, moreover, is of cheap and simple construction, as it can be composed of ordinary castings which do not require any expensive fitting. 7

Having thus described my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- 1. The combination in a fastening for me tallic bedsteads, of the post-clamp having a projecting vertical web with perforated horizontal flange and hooked lower portion, and the side rail bracket having a projecting flange with depending pin for entering the opening in the flange of the clamp-web, and

a headed pin for engagement with the hooked portion of said web, substantially as specified.

2. The combination in a fastening for metallic bedsteads, of the post-clamp having a projecting web with perforated horizontal flange and vertical rib on the outer side,with

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tallic bedsteads, of a post-clamp having a pro jecting vertical web with vertical rib on the outer side of the same, and an inwardly-proj ectin g perforated horizontal flange with vertical rib at its clamp end and the side-rail bracket having an edge bearing against the vertical rib of the web, a laterally-projecting headed pin engaging with the lower portion of said web, and a laterally-projecting flange having edge bearing against the rib on the flange of the web and a depending pin entering the opening in said flange, substantially as specified.

4. The combination in a fastening for metallic bedsteads, of the post-clamp having a web with outer vertical rib and lower horizontal rib and provided with inwardly-proj ectin g perforated flange, and the side-rail bracket having an edge bearing against the vertical rib of the web, and a bottom bearing upon the horizontal rib of the same, said bracket also having an inwardly-proj ecting headed pin for engaging with a projecting portion of the web, and an inwardly-projecting flange with depending pin for entering the opening in the perforated flange of said web, substantially as specified.

5. The combination in a fastening for metallic bedsteads, of a post-clamp having a proj ecting web with vertical outer rib, horizontal lower rib and inwardly-proj ectin g horizontal flange with vertical rib at its clamp end, and the side-rail bracket having an edge bearing against the vertical rib of the web and a bottom bearing against the horizontal rib of the same, said bracket also having an inwardly-projecting headed pin for engaging with the projected portion of the web, and an inwardly'projecting flange having an edge bearing against the vertical rib on the flange of the web, and a depending pin for entering the opening in said flange, substantially as specified.

6. The combination in a fastening for metallic bedsteads, of the post-clamp having a projecting web with outer vertical rib, lower horizontal rib, hooked lower end and inwardly-projecting horizontal flange with vertical rib at its clamp end, and the side-rail bracket having an edge bearing against the vertical rib of the web, a bottom bar bearing against thelower rib of the same, an inwardlyprojecting headed pin engaging the hooked lower portion of the web, and an inwardly-proj ecting flange having an edge bearing against the vertical rib on the flange of the web and a depending pin for entering the opening in said flange, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WM. A. LIPPIIART).

W itnesses:

W. R. WALTER, C. W. BISHOP. 

